Texas Charter School Coaches
Conference

August 23-24, 2012 Texas State Capitol

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Coaches Conference News and Announcements

Dallas Cowboy Everson Walls To deliver
Keynote Speech at TCSAAL Coaches Conference.
His eight years with the Cowboys is filled with
accolades and accomplishments. In his rookie year, he broke the
single season record with 11 interceptions. He was named to the
Pro Bowl team in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. In 1981, 1982 and
1985 he led the NFL in interceptions. In 1986, he was the
youngest player named to the Cowboys 25th Year Anniversary Team,
and in 1987 he was named Cowboy’s Man of the Year. In 1990,
Walls continued his career with the New York Giants, where he
was the leading pass defender with six interceptions on the
Giants’ Super Bowl Team. In 1992, he signed and started with the
Cleveland Browns.After
retiring from football in 1993, Walls was named to the All Time
Cowboy’s Team. He was appointed to the NFL’s All Decade Team for
the 1980’s, and in 1998, he was elected to the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.

Dr. Erica Conners to Facilitate a Breakout SessionDr. Conners, a native of Oakland, California is a
clinical consultant with a doctorate in psychology as well as an
MBA. She holds two Masters Degrees from Columbia University
(Industrial Organizational Psychology and Psychology in
Education). Dr. Conners has a very diverse working background.
In addition, to being a Co-Director of the Athletic Ministry at
Allen Temple Baptist Church and working as a County Manager for
a non-profit organization that provides employment, education
and housing support to former foster care youth ages 18-24, she
also has her own youth organization, Tru Elite Performance. She
works closely with youth of all ages and young adults in the
areas of personal development and successful transitions. She
co-wrote and implemented the personal development curriculum for
the Mark Aguirre Basketball Academy (MABA) in 2010. She is
currently working on establishing a platform to implement
personal development and successful transitioning with
professional athletes, entertainers and youth to strengthen
one’s individual milestone development.

Coaches Conference Hotel Block:TCSAAL
has secured a block of rooms at the La Quinta - Austin -
Capitol: 300 E. 11th Street Austin, TX 78701 (512) 476-1166
next door to the Capitol. Conference attendees can book a room
while there is still availability for up to 4 guests in a room
for $85.00 a night. To book your room please
call 1-866-527-1498 no later than 8/1/2012. Please refer
to group confirmation code: 0907GRHJWW (The block is
being held under TCSAAL).

Tentative Conference Times

August 23 (Thursday): 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

August 24 (Friday) 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Texas Charter School Coaches Conference

August 23-24, 2012 Texas State Capitol

This August,
TCSAAL will be hosting the first ever Texas Charter School Coaches
Conference in Austin, Texas at the Texas State Capitol. The
conference will focus on a wide variety of topics including:

·
Sportsmanship and Character Development

·
Safety

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Athletic Rule Reviews

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Academic Competition Information

·
Program Development

· …
and more

We are pleased to
announce that we have partnered with Genesis Worldwide Sports
Management who will be providing a Keynote Speaker and lecture as
well as a breakout session on Sportsmanship and Character
Development. www.gwsm-sports.com

This conference
will be a valuable experience to your schools extracurricular
directors in your athletics and academics as well as any and all of
your athletic and academic competition coaches. It will also have
benefit to any counselors and faculty that work with students on
character development.

TCSAAL hopes all
academic and athletic coaches and coordinators will be able to
attend and TCSAAL would like to stress the importance and
expectation that each TCSAAL participating school sends a
representative to the conference.

Conference Fees:

1 Attendee: $100

2 Attendees: $180

Each additional
attendee (after first 2): $60 a person

Please note that
lunch is included in registration fees on both days

Please visit our
webpage regularly and click on the Conference link to stay up to
date with all conference information this summer:
www.texascharter.org.